# 餓

| 餓 | U+9913, &#39187; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9913 |
| ← 餒 [U+9912] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 餔 → [U+9914] |

## Translingual
### Han character

餓 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人戈竹手戈 (OIHQI), four-corner 8375$_0$, composition ⿰飠我)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1420, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44168
* Dae Jaweon: page 1945, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4456, character 2
* Unihan data for U+9913

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 餓
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 莪 | *ŋaːl |
| 哦 | *ŋaːl |
| 娥 | *ŋaːl |
| 峨 | *ŋaːl |
| 峩 | *ŋaːl |
| 鵝 | *ŋaːl |
| 俄 | *ŋaːl |
| 蛾 | *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ |
| 睋 | *ŋaːl |
| 涐 | *ŋaːl |
| 誐 | *ŋaːl |
| 硪 | *ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ |
| 我 | *ŋaːlʔ |
| 騀 | *ŋaːlʔ |
| 餓 | *ŋaːls |
| 義 | *ŋrals |
| 儀 | *ŋral |
| 轙 | *ŋral, *ŋralʔ |
| 檥 | *ŋral, *ŋralʔ |
| 蟻 | *ŋralʔ |
| 艤 | *ŋralʔ |
| 礒 | *ŋralʔ |
| 羛 | *ŋralʔ, *hŋral |
| 議 | *ŋrals |
| 犧 | *hŋral |
| 曦 | *hŋral |
| 羲 | *hŋral |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːls) : semantic 食 + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mwat ~ *ŋ(w)at (“hungry; thirsty”). Cognate with Burmese မွတ် (mwat) and ငတ် (ngat) (STEDT).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): è (e$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вә (və, III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngo
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngo$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ghe$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngô̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gō / ngō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gho$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ngu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: è
*** Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: è
*** Wade–Giles: o$^4$
*** Yale: è
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
*** Palladius: э (e)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ⁵¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вә (və, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /və⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngo$^6$
*** Yale: ngoh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngo$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔː²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngo
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngo
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋo⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋo⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ghe$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣɤ⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngô̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō
*** Tâi-lô: gō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡo⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡo²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡo³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘
*** Tâi-lô: ngōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gho$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gō
*** Sinological IPA : /ɡo¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ngu
*** MiniDict: ngu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ngu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋu²³/
* Middle Chinese: ngaH
Rime :
| Character | 餓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五个切 |
| Baxter | ngaH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɑ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋɑ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɑ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋa$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋɑ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋɑ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋɑ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | è |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngo$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaj-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːls/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 餓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | è |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nga$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋˁaj-s/ |
| English | hungry |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 餓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13044 |
| Phonetic component | 我 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 餓 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋaːls/ |

### Definitions

餓
* hungry
    我餓了。／我饿了。 ― Wǒ è le. ― I'm hungry.
    誰肚子餓？／谁肚子饿？ ― Shéi dùzi è? ― Who's hungry?
* to starve someone

#### Synonyms

* (hungry):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 飢, 餓 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 餓, 飢餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 飢困 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 餓 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 餓 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 餓 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 餓, 飢困 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 餓, 飢困 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 飢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 飢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 餓, 飢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 飢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 飢, 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 飢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 餓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 餓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 餓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 餓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 餓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 肚餓, 餓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 肚餓, 餓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 肚胈餓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 肚胈餓 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 肚飢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 肚飢 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 屎肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 飢 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 飢, 餓 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 飢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 餓, 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 肚餓 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 餓 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 肚飢, 餓 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 餓 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 豺 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 餓 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 餓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 肚𤸁 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 肚飢, 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 肚胈飢 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 肚𤸁 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 𤸁 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 餓 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 肚屎𤸁 |
| Hakka | Changting | 腹飢, 餓 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 豺 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 腹飢 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 腹底飢, 腹飢, 餓 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 腹裡飢, 腹飢, 飢 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 腹飢 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 腹飢, 餓肚屎, 肚屎空 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 腹飢 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 肚飢, 肚籮捏飢 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 肚飢, 肚枵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 肚屎枵, 肚枵 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 肚飢, 肚屎枵, 肚枵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 肚屎枵, 肚枵 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 屎肚枵 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 餓 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 肚餓 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 餓 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 肚屎枵, 肚屎飢, 𤸁 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 肚屎飢 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 肚𤸁 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 餓 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 餓 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 餓, 飢 |
| Jin | Datong | 飢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 餓 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 餓 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 飢 |
| Jin | Linhe | 餓 |
| Jin | Jining | 餓 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 餓 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 餓, 飢 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 餓 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 餓 |
| Jin | Handan | 餓, 飢 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 飢 |
| Jin | Suide | 餓 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 腹飢, 餓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 空, 枵 dated |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 腹肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 枵, 腹肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 枵, 腹肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 枵, 腹肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 枵, 肚困, 肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 肚困, 枵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 肚困, 枵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 肚困 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 肚困, 枵 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 肚困 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 困, 肚困 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 困, 肚困 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 枵, 飢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 枵 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 枵, 飢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 枵 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 枵 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 枵 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 枵 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 肚餓 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 餓, 肚餓 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 餓 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 餓 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 肚飢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 餓 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 肚飢 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 餓, 䐬 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 肚䐬, 餓 intensified |

### Compounds

* 忍飢挨餓 / 忍饥挨饿
* 忍饑受餓 / 忍饥受饿
* 挨餓 / 挨饿 (ái'è)
* 挨餓受凍 / 挨饿受冻
* 窮酸餓醋 / 穷酸饿醋
* 翳桑餓人 / 翳桑饿人
* 色中餓鬼 / 色中饿鬼
* 西山餓夫 / 西山饿夫
* 貧嘴餓舌 / 贫嘴饿舌
* 飢餓 / 饥饿 (jī'è)
* 飢餓三十 / 饥饿三十
* 飢鷹餓虎 / 饥鹰饿虎
* 餓死 / 饿死 (èsǐ)
* 餓殍枕藉 / 饿殍枕借
* 餓殺 / 饿杀
* 餓漢 / 饿汉
* 餓狼 / 饿狼 (èláng)
* 餓獠 / 饿獠
* 餓答 / 饿答
* 餓紋 / 饿纹
* 餓肚子 / 饿肚子 (è dùzi)
* 餓膈 / 饿膈
* 餓莩 / 饿莩 (èpiǎo)
* 餓莩載道 / 饿莩载道
* 餓虎吞羊 / 饿虎吞羊
* 餓虎撲羊 / 饿虎扑羊
* 餓虎撲食 / 饿虎扑食
* 餓虎擒羊 / 饿虎擒羊
* 餓虎飢鷹 / 饿虎饥鹰
* 餓隸 / 饿隶
* 餓飯 / 饿饭 (èfàn)
* 餒餓 / 馁饿
* 餓鬼 / 饿鬼 (èguǐ)
* 餓鬼道 / 饿鬼道

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 餓 |
| Kyūjitai | 餓󠄁 餓+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 餓󠄃 餓+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* hungry

#### Readings

* Go-on: が (ga, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: が (ga, Jōyō)
* Kun: うえる (ueru, 餓える)、かつえる (katsueru, 餓える)

#### Compounds

* 餓鬼(がき) (gaki)
* 餓死(がし) (gashi)
* 餓狼(がろう) (garō, “hungry wolf”)
* 飢餓(きが) (kiga)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 餓
* が Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 餓 (MC ngaH).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡa̠]

### Affix

餓(が) • (ga)
* hungry; hunger

### References

* ↑ “餓”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

餓 • (a) (hangeul 아)
* hungry
* greedy for
* hunger

## Vietnamese
### Han character

餓: Hán Nôm readings: ngạ, nga, ngã
* chữ Hán form of ngạ (“hunger, hungry”).

### References

* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* 1 2 Bonet (1899).
* 1 2 Génibrel (1898).